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UAW Solidarity
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1958-10-06
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Vol. 1 No. 32
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When
the Chrysler terms were wrapped
up the strike
deadline at General Motors was only 20 hours away.
The
UAW
signated
bargainers
hour,
10
went
a.m.
right to work
Thursday,
came
but the deand
went
without agreement. So from coast to coast the workers streamed from GM plants, many carrying lunchboxes they had hoped toe open under a new contract.
At right and below are typical picket-lines at Detroit
Chevrolet, Flint, Grand Rapids and Detroit Cadillac,
reading from top to bottom. The scene was the same
throughout the GM empire; the union was proving
once again that it meant business.
Twelve hours later GM agreed it did. The first chainwide strike since 1945 was also the shortest.
negotiations look in action, as snapped by
Yardley, when no one was looking. The
iators call a recess so they can collect their
there’s a lot of thought-collecting going on
ith researchers and other experts burning
n the other hand, Walter Reuther appears
ted attack. The two are combined below,
listed the serious interest of all concerned.
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ENELAL IS
5 SOLIDARITY, Océ. 6, 1958—Page 6
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bargaining power
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the
so-called
‘right
to
amendment.
Protect your job and your earning power
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2» yote
NO
on
such
amendmenis!
spread the word... tell your friends and
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S/o
neighbors!
:
If you live in Colorado vote “NO” on amendment No. 5.
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3.
If you live in Kansas, vote “NO” on amendment No.
or explanatory
literature ... for advice on what
YOU CAN do to defeat this amendment; check with
the officers of your local.
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ON
COLORADO
AMENDMENT NO. 5
ON KANSAS
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AMENDMENT NO. 3
Oct. 6 , 1958——Page 6
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WILMINGTON, Del.—The AFL-CIO State Labor Council, holding its first convention
and
gn
pai
cam
l
tica
poli
ent.
curr
the
on
is
has
emp
or
maj
ed
plac
er,
merg
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since last year
to
ain
cert
ed
ider
cons
es
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work
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“rig
off
beat
to
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figh
hard
r
the
ano
for
ed
prepar
.
year
next
ure
slat
legi
e
stat
the
in
n
agai
once
osal
prop
or
-lab
anti
r
raise thei
cal
the
for
endorsed
Education,
Democratic nominee
the U.S. Senate, for-
mer Gov. Elbert Carvel, and
former Rep. Harris D. McDowell, Jr. (D)S for Delaware’s
single
seat
in
the
House.
council
J. Lemon,
Clement
that
out
pointed
president,
neither Democratic nor Repubcarried
lican state platforms
planks for or against a “work”
proposal and said, bluntly, “I
don’t like it.”
Referring to the sharp fight
in the recent legislative session in which a “work” bill was
in committee,
beaten
barely
Lemon said:
Ads Add Too Much
To Gas Additive
Federal
WASHINGTON—The
told
has
Commission
Trade
two firms in the southwest to
of
advertising
their
change
their oil and gas additives.
The
order
hits
Champion
Stephenville,
Inc.,
Products
Co.,
Tex., and the Goodenow
former
The
City.
Oklahoma
makes the gas additive “Cham-
pion Q-X” and the oil additive
Moly.”
with
Q-X
“Champion
The latter distributes the same
products under its own brand
names, “Plyon Q-X” and “Plyon
Q-X
The
. firms’
federal
with
FTC
Moly.”
charged
claimed
ads
government
organizations
and
that. the
the
that
and other
firms were
regular users of these products
and approved and recommended them. These claims are not
true, the FTC said.
on Politi-
Committee
The convention, meeting in one session as the state’s AFL-CIO
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FINDLAY,
“right to work”
intent
of
the
One
law has
bill.
Prof. Russell Decker
supporting
the
“work”
of
proponents
the
of
so-called
a
finally admitted in public the
of Bowling Green
proposal
which
real
University, who
will appear
on
is
the
Ohio ballot in November, was asked this question from the
ht
‘rig
a
feel
you
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e:
her
ate
deb
lic
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low
floor fol
g
nin
gai
bar
the
at
ons
uni
de
tra
ken
wea
ld
wou
law
to work’
table?”
at
ons
uni
en
ak
we
ld
wou
it
s,
“Ye
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sor
fes
pro
the
d
Replie
That is one of the purposes
the collective bargaining table.
of the ‘right to work’ proposal.”
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34 actions
among
convention
on a wide variety of issues.
council
Ryan,
X.
Charles
appealed
secretary - treasurer,
for widespread contributions to
COPE’s voluntary dollar drive
to make labor’s political acti|
vities effective.
“They should have taken a
stand against it.”
A resolution denouncing
“right-to-work” proposals as a
threat to Delaware’s industrial
peace and to the security of the
labor movement was the leading policy declaration of the
Hobby Is Carving Niche
For Fla. UAW Retiree
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Frank
A. Kohler has a ready answer
when somebody asks him the
inevitable question, “What are
that
to do, now
going
you
you're retired?”
He can’t say, “I’m going to
he already
Florida,” because
lives in that sunny state. His
is,
usually
come-back
quick
“I’m going to carve a niche for
myself in this world.”
And he’s right, because his
hobby is carving cameos from
sea shells, ivory and other
~
materials. Kohler, a member of UAW
about a
retired
970,Local
month ago from the Ford parts
depot here, after more than 34
years of service
engineer.
as a stationary
Carving has been his hobby
for 40 years. Now he'll be able
to devote even more time to it,
he also expects to
although
keep busy as a member of Local
970’s retired workers’ committee.
One of his more recent and
outstanding
most
perhaps
bits of work is a replica of
II
War
the historic World
photo of the flag raising by
the Marines on Mt. Suribachi
on Iwo Jima, originally photographed by Associated Press
photographer Joe Rosenthal.
This carving was done on a
conch
large
shell.
of Middletown,
A native
Conn., Kohler came to Florida
in 1922. Prior to that he was a
on
serving
engineer,
marine
many transatlantic and coastwise vessels and St. Johns river
steamers.
UAW RETIREE Frank Kohler shows
‘flag raising scene on Mt. Suribachi.
eff one
of
his
famous
cameos,
a
replica
of
the
Marine
picketline by
TOKEN
TWO-MAN
plant at Hapeville, Ga., last month
week
Last
it was
GM
workers’
turn
Local 882 shut the Ford
during short-lived strike.
to walk
out.
Will UAW-Made Rocket
Be First in Space Travel?
CANOGA PARK, Calif—UAW members at Rocketdyne,
a division of N6érth American Aviation, Inc., will soon be
helping to make space travel a reality by taking part in
the
building
thrust.
An
class.
Air
of a huge
Force
rocket
contract
to begin development of
major components for the
rocket engine—
tremendous
said to be the world’s largest—was awarded to Rocketdyne, which has a plant in
this Los Angeles suburb and
another in Neosho, Mo.
1,700
represents some
UAW
here and about 300 in Neosho.
of the rocket
Development
begins
the
actual work
toward
the giant thrusts acknowledged
te be essential first steps in
manned interplanetary explorannouncea company
ation,
:
ment said.
a _ singleof
Realization
chambered engine in the million-pound class will make a
cluster of six for a six-millionthrust relatively easy,
pound
it was pointed out.
The Air Force also awarded a contract to Rocketdyne
to develop a previously undisclosed engine to provide
intermediate
in the
thrust
range between current propulsion systems and the million-pound engine. Work in
that mid-area has been un-
in the
one
million
pound
Oct. 18
is the
Deadline
For Registration
‘In Delaware
If You're Not Registered,
You Can't Vote
-.derway at the NAA division
oe
—
Since 1955.
Both engines are liquid pro<n
similar
systems,
pellant
ento Rocketdyne
principle
gines for the Atlas ICBM, the
Thor and Jupiter IRBM’s and
the Redstone missile that provided the first-stage boost for
the satellite-launching Jupiter
©, the company said. Rocketdyne is now the nation’s leading producer of liquid-propel_ lant rocket engines.
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wit
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million-pound thrust engine is shown in the artist’s sketch
Note the comparative size of truck-trailer in bottom
above.
Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviaright corner.
tion, has received an Air Force contract to develop the huge
engine, an essential step toward space travel.
8 NOIDJU-—-L eed
16cPackage Negotiated
At Continental Can (o. 3
gains have been
Kans.—Substantial
COFFEYVILLE,
l
made by UAW Local 951 in new contracts with Continenta-¢,
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Can Co.’s aircraft sub-assembly plant here, it was announced
by Region 5 Director Russell Letner.
*The region was assisted by staff members of the national
3
aircraft department headed
President
Vice
UAW
by
Leonard Woodcock.
The agreements, one coverand _ clerical
office
an
ing
workers unit and one covering
production
and
maintenance
workers,
institutes a cost-ofliving
escalator
clause
and
calls for wage increases, major
improvements in insurance
provisions—making
them
the
best in the aircraft industry—
and many other benefits.
NOT
union
NEGLECT the housewives’ vote, Danny Brewster talks politics with the wife of a
member.
Brewster is the Democratic candidate for Congress from Maryland’s 2nd district.
ONE
TO
late
a
® Retroactivity
1.
®
A
clause
overall
—
(PAI)
ST. PAUL, Minn.
are
legislatures
state
Many
true
to the
“not. responsive
feelings and attitude of vot-.
ers” and that is why so-called
proponents
work”
to
“right
turn to them rather than to
Congress, Gov. Orville L. Freeman declared here.
“Many legislatures, by and
to
ceased
ago
large, long
democratically reflect the disin
people
tribution of the
their states,” the Democratic
governor declared.
“Less
feelings
responsive
and
to
attitudes
the
of
true
all
voters, these political dinosaurs
became easy targets for men
with selfish interests.
“They clothed their appeal
in glib
phrases
that
union
shops
denied
the
worker
a
freedom of choice.
“And they failed to point out
that few workers
today have
any great degree of choice in
their work.
“The wage earner
works
according to a schedule set
for him
and
his’
working
conditions are established by
others than himself.
“And even this is only half
the story. A worker trained as
Reelect President
DEN VER—The American Federation of Technical Engineers
has unanimously reelected its
president, Russell M. Stephens.
a carpenter cannot become a
printer tomorrow.
A _ printer
cannot become a meat cutter,
and a meat cutter cannot become a bricklayer overnight.
“Each occupation today requires
certain
skills
which
must be developed over a period of time,” Freeman said.
The
governor
charged
that
“right to work’ legislation was
aimed at preventing the worker from selling his skills at the
best wage and aimed at destroying the worker’s union.
He
the
said
that
competitive
worker,
unions
power
a principle which
corporation
orously
selves.
and
supports
protect
of
business
the
every
vig--
for them-
Union
Department
research
director, strongly protested the
proposed
wage
which
would
supersede
the present
$30 a
week minimum.
escalator
which provides for
2c wage
increase
an
for
every .9 risé in the government’s consumer
price index,
with adjustments made semiannually. This makes the provision superior
to similar
clauses
in some
other
UAW
contracts
which
call for an
overall 2c raise for every full
point hike in the index.
@ Full payment by the company of the total cost of insurance for the employe and
his dependents,
making
this
the best insurance clause in
the aircraft industry. The level
of benefits also compares fayorably with other contracts
the industry.
@ Improvements
in
in
vyaca-
tions, holiday pay, seniority,
rest periods and many other
economic
benefits.
and
non-economic
CU Membership
Over 10 Million
MADISON,
Wis. — Membership in. VU. S. credit
unions
passed the 10 million mark last
year with the addition of 774,-
144 new members,
according to
Credit Union National Association
(CUNA)
in its recently
published yearbook.
Total assets are more than
$4 billion,
an
increase
of $682
million.
Shares
and
deposits
rose to nearly $3.6 billion from
$3 billion at end of 1956, and
average savings were upped to
$353.88. At the end of 1957,
there were 18,433 credit unions
compared to 17,490 at end of
1956.
Protest Low Wages
WASHINGTON
(PAI)—A
proposed
minimum
wage
of
$35 a week ‘for laundry and
dry cleaning workers
in the
District of Columbus has met
with
strong
opposition
from
organized labor as “substandard and completely unacceptable.” Dr. Vera Miller, research
associate for the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers, and Everett
Kassalow, AFL-CIO Industrial
cost-of-living
KCMO
WEW
WHBU
810
770
= _ 1240
WJPS
= 1330
CKLW
800
WISH
1310
WCBM
680
WCFL = 1000
Kansas City, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
Anderson, Indiana-
5:30-6:00
6:00-6:30
6:15-6:45
A.M.
A.M.
A.M.
Evansville, Indiana
6:00-6:30..A.M.
Detroit, Michigan
6:15-6:45 A.M.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Baltimore, Maryland
Chicago, Illinois
‘6:00-6:30 A.M.
6:00-6:30 A.M.
5:45-6:15 A.M.
Use
NEW
Billion
Labels
YORK—The
tional Ladies Garment
Interna-
Workers .
estimate that about one billion
® of its union labels will be used
in the course of a year. The
union is putting on an intensified drive to make sure that
more retailers and consumers
demand
to see the label as
proof that the garment is made
under union conditions.
re-openers,
it
by
week
UAW
vice
president and director of the
national
aircraft department.
The locals involved were 669,
representing
some
7,000
duction workers, and 300,
ering about 3,000
clerical workers.
office
procov-
and
Approval of the 9c settlement came in two meetings,
both jam-packed by members
of the locals, in which Robert
Ormsby and Thomas Lazzio,
presidents
of 669 and
300,
respectively,
presented
the
proposal for the negotiating
committee which recommended acceptance.
The re-opener, which came
at
mid-point
of
agreements
expiring next year, are expect-.,
ed to set the pattern for a
series of re-openers coming up
1958.
for:
wage
last
reported
was
Leonard Woodcock,
@ A one-year re-opener Aug.
call
Here’s Why the ‘RTW’ B ackers
Are Working on State Levels
locals\on
>it
@ For the office unit, an immediate
lic
across-the-board
pay
boost
and
further improvements in the wage structure by combining five multilevel
job
classifications
into
Single-level
classifications,
leaving
only
two
multi-level
jobs in the entire unit.
@ For the P&M unit, a 13c
wage increase consisting of 9c
across-the-board
as~-of
last
Aug. 1, another 2c across-theboard next February, and additional wage inequity adjustments ranging from 2 to 1lc
for 350 of the 1,000 persons
covered by the contracts.
For both units, the contracts
DANIEL
BREWSTER, Democratic candidate for Congress in Maryland’s -2nd_ district,
greets
(from the left) Betty Lewis, Beryl Deeble and Francis Miolen, office workers at Martin Local 738,
Middle River. The candidate had stopped to talk to local officers
while touring
the
district.
PATERSON, N.J.—Some 10,- Nn
000 Wright Aeronautical work- ~
*- ers here will receive a 9c an 2
hour wage boost as the result ro
of negotiations by two UAW
‘month,
to he
5
a2
Curtiss-Wright
Locals Gain 9c
Total cost of the package
over one year was estimated
at about 16c.
Terms of the two-year con-
tracts, signed
include:
2
throughout
chain.
_
the Curtiss-Wright
Kohler Boycott
Gets a Boost
SHEBOYGAN,
Wis. —
-
UAW
Local 833 reports that the Mc-
Clellan Select Senate Commit-
tee hearing
into the Kohler
dispute gave the strike major
booster shots.
“The
investigation boomeranged and, as the result of the
nationwide publicity that emanated from Washington, served
to make the American public
even
more
conscious
of the
evils perpetrated by a feudalthinking, labor-hating, unionbusting, gun-toting.-Kohler Co.
management,”
according
to
the local,
The local reports that let~
ters pledging to intensify support of the nationwide boycott
of Kohler products and to request the adoption of a resolution in the Senate empowering the President to appoint a
fact-finding body to investigate and recommend a Ssettlement
in
the
long
Kohler
strike are now being received
every day.
“All this gives
added
encouragement
to
the
Kohler
strikers
who
are.
entering
the 55th month of their struggle
for such things as arbitration,
a fair seniority procedure and
decent working conditions —
things most unions have had
for years,” the locsl said.
SOUTH
BEND,
Ind—UAW
women’s auxiliary 45 will hold
a “white elephant” sale Oct. 9.
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